“This is the song of the circle. Remember it and take it to the people, so that they may learn it and find their place in it, which has been there since the beginning of time, …” — Radek Štěpánek The epic composition by poet and environmentalist Radek Štěpánek, Pamatuj na wřezlíka, in a sense, completes his previous efforts in the field of environmental poetry, the establishment of which…
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Freya Mathews: As Nature Wishes
Freya Mathews is an Associate Professor of Environmental Philosophy at La Trobe University, Australia. Mathews’ philosophy is rooted in panpsychism, an approach that sees mentality as fundamental to the natural world. Her current main interests include the development of ecological civilization; indigenous (Australian and Chinese) perspectives on “sustainability” and how these perspectives can be adapted to the context of contemporary global society; the return of humans to the wild…
Jiří Zemánek: How to revive the world and human culture?
Our association PILGRIM held its fifth seminar of the Traveling University of Nature from August 10-15 this year at the Rychleby Ecocenter near Javorník in Silesia and at the Dance Hall in Račí údolí, this time entitled "Everything around me lives, feels like me... paths to a regenerative culture". We addressed the question of how to move away from the current destruction of ecosystems, extinction of species and climate change...
Stephan Martin: Cataclysm – When Things Fall Apart
We bring you an excerpt from the book Living the Cosmic Life / Reflections on the Cosmos, Everyday Life, and Personal Experience by American astronomer Stephen Martin, published by the PILGRIM – Wandering University of Nature association in 2019 as its first publication in the On the Road series (translated by Jiří Zemánek). These are the chapters “Cataclysm: When Things Fall Apart” (pp. 40-45) and “Awakening to an Evolving Universe”…
Stephan Martin: The Universe is Change
We bring you an excerpt from the book Living the Cosmic Life / Reflections on the Cosmos, Everyday Life, and Personal Experience by American astronomer Stephan Martin, published by the PILGRIM – Wandering University of Nature association in 2019 as its first publication in the On the Road series (translated by Jiří Zemánek). These are the chapters “The Universe is Changing” and “We Are Cosmic Beings” (pp. 15-29). Stephan Martin is an astronomer, lecturer,…